Korokke and Tonkatsu!
Sep. 30th, 2007 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sherryillkSo I made my korokke and tonkatsu today! It ended up more or less okay. I did however set off the smoke detector twice and my tonkatsu ended up too dry and my korokke underseasoned but for the most part, it was all edible and pretty damn good for my first time I think. Next time I'll know what I'm doing and I can refine the whole process a bit.
I took a pic of it all with my cell phone since that's the only thing I can take pics with and as you can see, they turned out a bit bit burnt but they were still pretty good. The two on the left side were the tonkatsu... The top one was my perfect, round, mostly well fried korokke. It just turned out the best and since I fried it with clean oil, I'm sure that it tasted the best too. I had wanted to eat it myself but when I offered one of them to Janet, I so knew she would go for it and lo and behold, she ate it. I'm a bit depressed about it, seeing as I had planned on enjoying it slowly and I had saved it so I could do just that. And seeing as she didn't make the damn thing, I really don't think she enjoyed it as much as I would have.
But it's not like I can totally blame her. It was the least burnt, the most round, the best korokke on the plate. I was so proud of it... I would have chosen it myself. Well, maybe I wouldn't. I'm usually not the type to take the best or biggest or whatever piece of anything. It's the whole belief that it's not within my place to do stuff like that. Second best is okay but never the best one... It's a rare indulgence for me if I ever take the best one and while I prepared myself for it, and I knew that Janet would take it and I tried to reconcile myself with it, I still feel a bit of a loss. As I thought about it, I toyed with the idea of eating it myself before but didn't so I guess I only have myself to blame.
Well, okay, no more of these depressing feelings. I can't change things in the past -- it's gone and it's been eaten so the only thing I can do is the future. I still have half the beef left so I can make this again. I don't have that many potatoes left but I can always get more... They're cheap after all. I'm thinking next weekend since weekdays are my busiest times of the week. Hopefully it'll go more smoothly and I'll have much better specimens next time. Hopefully yummier, crispier, rounder. So next weekend is korokke round two! ^^
I took a pic of it all with my cell phone since that's the only thing I can take pics with and as you can see, they turned out a bit bit burnt but they were still pretty good. The two on the left side were the tonkatsu... The top one was my perfect, round, mostly well fried korokke. It just turned out the best and since I fried it with clean oil, I'm sure that it tasted the best too. I had wanted to eat it myself but when I offered one of them to Janet, I so knew she would go for it and lo and behold, she ate it. I'm a bit depressed about it, seeing as I had planned on enjoying it slowly and I had saved it so I could do just that. And seeing as she didn't make the damn thing, I really don't think she enjoyed it as much as I would have.
But it's not like I can totally blame her. It was the least burnt, the most round, the best korokke on the plate. I was so proud of it... I would have chosen it myself. Well, maybe I wouldn't. I'm usually not the type to take the best or biggest or whatever piece of anything. It's the whole belief that it's not within my place to do stuff like that. Second best is okay but never the best one... It's a rare indulgence for me if I ever take the best one and while I prepared myself for it, and I knew that Janet would take it and I tried to reconcile myself with it, I still feel a bit of a loss. As I thought about it, I toyed with the idea of eating it myself before but didn't so I guess I only have myself to blame.
Well, okay, no more of these depressing feelings. I can't change things in the past -- it's gone and it's been eaten so the only thing I can do is the future. I still have half the beef left so I can make this again. I don't have that many potatoes left but I can always get more... They're cheap after all. I'm thinking next weekend since weekdays are my busiest times of the week. Hopefully it'll go more smoothly and I'll have much better specimens next time. Hopefully yummier, crispier, rounder. So next weekend is korokke round two! ^^
